Does my right hon. Friend share the anxiety of many of us that the programme for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria has fallen so badly behind?

My right hon. Friend will be well aware that the size of the armed forces is important in relation to not only initial deployment but the resilience that will allow that deployment to be sustained over a period. In the light of the speech he made at Munich, which has been extensively reported, what assessment has the Ministry of Defence made of the time that the United Kingdom could sustain, for example, a brigade or a division?

My right hon. Friend will be well aware that the size of the armed forces is important in relation to not only initial deployment but the resilience that will allow that deployment to be sustained over a period. In the light of the speech he made at Munich, which has been extensively reported, what assessment has the Ministry of Defence made of the time that the United Kingdom could sustain, for example, a brigade or a division?

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to ensure service children returning from Germany are not disadvantaged in applications for school places.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to (a) help (i) Army families not eligible for final tour of duty allowance and (ii) other Army families cover the cost of moving out of service families accommodation and into civilian homes and (b) reduce the time between the end of service date and pension and resettlement payments.